Multi-scale simulation of intense laser plasma interactions
Lead Research Organisation:
Imperial College London
Department Name: Physics
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| Roger Evans (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Smith J
(2021)
A particle-in-cell code comparison for ion acceleration: EPOCH, LSP, and WarpX
in Physics of Plasmas
Senstius MG
(2022)
A radiometer to diagnose parametric instabilities during linear excitation of electron Bernstein waves in the Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak (MAST) Upgrade.
in The Review of scientific instruments
He Y
(2021)
A single-laser scheme for observation of linear Breit-Wheeler electron-positron pair creation
in New Journal of Physics
Senstius M
(2022)
Absolute parametric decay instabilities of X2 microwave beams in reduced models and fully kinetic codes
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Chen P
(2022)
Achieving relativistically intense X-rays from structured plasma lens
in Frontiers in Physics
Lin J
(2019)
Adaptive control of laser-wakefield accelerators driven by mid-IR laser pulses.
in Optics express
Ma Y
(2018)
Angular streaking of betatron X-rays in a transverse density gradient laser-wakefield accelerator
in Physics of Plasmas
Arefiev A
(2016)
Beyond the ponderomotive limit: Direct laser acceleration of relativistic electrons in sub-critical plasmas
in Physics of Plasmas
Arefiev A
(2020)
Birefringence in thermally anisotropic relativistic plasmas and its impact on laser-plasma interactions
in Physics of Plasmas
Jiang K
(2023)
Branching of High-Current Relativistic Electron Beam in Porous Materials.
in Physical review letters
Zhu X
(2018)
Bright attosecond ? -ray pulses from nonlinear Compton scattering with laser-illuminated compound targets
in Applied Physics Letters
Zhang L
(2021)
Brilliant attosecond ?-ray emission and high-yield positron production from intense laser-irradiated nano-micro array
in Physics of Plasmas
Hu R
(2016)
Brilliant GeV electron beam with narrow energy spread generated by a laser plasma accelerator
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Gong Z
(2018)
Brilliant GeV gamma-ray flash from inverse Compton scattering in the QED regime
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Landgraf B
(2016)
Broadband stimulated Raman backscattering
in New Journal of Physics
Zhu X
(2022)
Bunched Proton Acceleration from a Laser-Irradiated Cone Target
in Physical Review Applied
McIlvenny A
(2020)
Characteristics of ion beams generated in the interaction of ultra-short laser pulses with ultra-thin foils
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Lv C
(2022)
Collimated terahertz radiation through a laser irradiating on a T-type target
in Frontiers in Physics
Makur K
(2023)
Collimation and energy enhancement in laser driven MeV protons
in Physics of Plasmas
Schmitz H
(2012)
Collisional particle-in-cell modelling of the generation and control of relativistic electron beams produced by ultra-intense laser pulses
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Tsiklauri D
(2016)
Collisionless, phase-mixed, dispersive, Gaussian Alfven pulse in transversely inhomogeneous plasma
in Physics of Plasmas
Tsai H
(2015)
Compact tunable Compton x-ray source from laser-plasma accelerator and plasma mirror
in Physics of Plasmas
Chapman B
(2020)
Comparing theory and simulation of ion cyclotron emission from energetic ion populations with spherical shell and ring-beam distributions in velocity-space
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Arber T
(2015)
Contemporary particle-in-cell approach to laser-plasma modelling
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Qu K
(2019)
Creating localized plasma waves by ionization of doped semiconductors
in Physical Review E
Gong Z
(2022)
Deciphering in situ electron dynamics of ultrarelativistic plasma via polarization pattern of emitted ? -photons
in Physical Review Research
Tang YH
(2019)
Deflection of a reflected intense circularly polarized light beam induced by asymmetric radiation pressure.
in Physical review. E
Zhu X
(2016)
Dense GeV electron-positron pairs generated by lasers in near-critical-density plasmas
in Nature Communications
Scott G
(2017)
Diagnosis of Weibel instability evolution in the rear surface density scale lengths of laser solid interactions via proton acceleration
in New Journal of Physics
Gong Z
(2020)
Direct laser acceleration of electrons assisted by strong laser-driven azimuthal plasma magnetic fields.
in Physical review. E
Sävert A
(2015)
Direct Observation of the Injection Dynamics of a Laser Wakefield Accelerator Using Few-Femtosecond Shadowgraphy.
in Physical review letters
Jia Q
(2016)
Distinguishing Raman from strongly coupled Brillouin amplification for short pulses
in Physics of Plasmas
Yang C
(2022)
Divergence of High-Order Harmonic Generation by a Convex Plasma Surface
in Applied Sciences
| Description | Developed, tested and made available a very high performance computer model of lasers and high temperature plasmas. Used the model to design a novel electron mirror to control and collimate the relativistic electrons from an ultra high power laser beam. |
| Exploitation Route | The plasma code Epoch is now widely used by universities in the UK and Europe. |
| Sectors | Education,Energy,Environment |
| Description | The plasma code Epoch has been used by us to address problems in laser plasma physics relevant to Inertial Confinement Fusion. The code is used by many universities in the UK and Europe. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2011 |
| Sector | Education,Energy |